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Self-Employment Tax Break Noted in NY Times

It turns out that the news about the SE tax break hasn’t garnered much press outside of the tax world. I’m fairly surprised by the

Oh c’mon, like you didn’t see this coming a mile away… Congress has figured out that they’re pretty much damned if they do and damned

As the debate over health care and health care costs continued to draw attention, it appeared as if the smallest of businesses, those who are

Although the Bush tax cuts are making the most news these days (a logical focus considering the size and scope of the cuts), Congress is

As the debate over extending those Bush tax cuts continues, another tax break is slipping away… The Making Work Pay Credit, in place for the

And by “suddenly” I mean months later, after they passed it as part of a bill that they clearly didn’t read… But now that folks

Gosh, just this morning, it was all hand holding and Kum ba ya in DC. Okay, maybe not so much. But House Minority Leader John

Okay, maybe he didn’t take it *quite* that far. But taking a break from his earlier position, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has signaled

Yesterday, I was scrolling through CNN and I saw a headline about the “Homebuyer Tax Surprise.” A similar finance site touted the headline “Nearly 1

So you’re really fired up about those new 1099 reporting requirements for 2012, right? The ones that are going to cause all of those headaches